When I went down to London in February to attend Margin I decided I was going to make a bit of a pilgrimage to Concrete Hermit, and since they were located pretty near to The Park and To Be Confirmed shows that I was going to attend I decided I’d be stupid not visit them after writing about Concrete Hermit so much in the past.
In hindsight, the gallery is actually quite easy to find, but because I had a lame printout from Google Maps to guide me it took about 30 minutes walking and stopping several people (most of whom seemed as lost as me) to find them when they’re only about 10 minutes brisk walk from Liverpool Street Station. Located on a fairly quiet street not far from the hustle and bustle of Brick Lane, a street that is famous for curry, art, clothes and graffiti, pretty much in that order. The Concrete Hermit gallery has the appearance of a regular shop, except with a lot less stuff in it. This is a conscious decision that has been made to separate the exhibition space from the sales area, which I think helps them to maintain the ambiance of a gallery in the front of the space when you walk in, you aren’t immediately confronted with items that you can buy, I think that’s important and helps you understand what the CH team want their gallery to be like.
Of course, you can buy things in the gallery as well. Almost everything that is available in their online shop is available in the gallery, and if it isn’t out I suspect that they’d be able to get it for you since, if I remember correctly, their storage space is either located in the basement of the gallery or somewhere very nearby. It was good to get hands on with their t-shirt offerings after recommending them so many time, and I wasn’t disappointed with the quality of their high-end tee offerings, soft tees and soft, vibrant prints are to be found in abundance on their racks, so I’m happy to keep recommending them. Whilst I don’t think it is possible to buy the original works that are on show in the exhibition space, it is usually possible to buy a print or poster from the same artist, and also a t-shirt which has been designed by the artist exclusively for their exhibition at the gallery.

Concrete Hermit

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Another coupon code, and its for 15%, what a surprise!

I don’t think I’ve ever followed a post with another post that offers exactly the same discount, I’m sure that means nothing to you, but still, I think it’s weird.

This one is a little different in that its an exclusive though. When you’re putting your order through the virtual tills at Lhome’s store just enter the coupon code hideyourarms and you’ll get 15% of all the shirts.

Lhome also have a few new designs up that I’ve been assured are of a higher quality then previous releases (not that I ever heard any complaints about them) in terms of both print and tee quality, which is always good to hear.

Lhome

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It feels like its been a long time since a new store introduced themselves to HYA with an exclusive coupon code, but happily Assault Shirts have broken the barren spell with a very generous 30% off code.

Assault are new to me, with design styles and messages that bound happily across several gamuts, from silly to serious, and dark and brooding to pun-loving

To get the 30% off discount all you need to do is enter the coupon code hideyourarms at the relevant point during the checkout phase.

Assault Shirts

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I think I’ve made it pretty clear in the past that I am a big, big, big fan of Yackfou, the almost achingly excellent the Berlin-based streetwear company, so when they offered me an exclusive coupon code for their online store, I was very happy to accept.

When you’re making a purchase at the Yackfou store (something that I highly recommend, incidentally), if you put hyalovesyackfou into the coupon code box and apply the code, you’ll get 10% off your items. Yackfou’s generosity can’t last forever though, and this coupon will expire on January 16th. May I recommend that you start out by looking at their hoodies? If you can’t find something there that you don’t like then I think HYA might not be the place for you!

Yackfou

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I had thought that I might get back into the blogging swing of things next week, but when Ten Bills make a coupon for you then you’ve got to put down all that yummy, yummy chocolate that you got for Christmas and get back in the saddle.

As if the headline didn’t make it clear enough, if you put $100 or more worth of goods into your basket at TenBills.com, and use the coupon HIDESAVES4 then you’ll get 40% off, which makes their famously excellent value tees even more attractive. I think we just found out how you’re going to spend some more of your Christmas money!

This coupon is valid through until 15/01/08 (January 15th), so get on it!

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No Star clothing, despite already having a pretty decent price for their two birds hoodie ($60), they are offering Hide Your Arms readers an even greater incentive to pick up one of their sweatshirts. If you enter the coupon code HYA20 when you order the sweatshirt you will receive a 20% discount, taking the item down to $48, bargain!

The coupon is valid up until the 21st June 2006 (Tuesday next week), so take advantage while you can.

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As a logical follow up to yesterdays first half of the interview with Rafael Vera of The Handsome Sausage, I present, shockingly enough, the second half.

I’m a stickler for not crowding the front-page, questions and answers after the jump.
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One of my favourite aspects of writing Hide Your Arms is that I get to interact with a creative community of young designers who are out there doing something different from the norm.

Un-earthing great clothes and showing them to readers is very rewarding (as are the freebies…), but sometimes I like to try something a bit different and get a greater understanding for what inspires the clothing that I promote here on Hide Your Arms.

With that in mind I asked Rafael Vera, from The Handsome Sausage, if he would like to do an interview. My charm and wit clearly won through, as he agreed to and promptly answered my (admittedly uninspiring) questions.

First four questions from the interview after the jump:
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